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NGC805

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:4:29.5
Declination: +28:48:46
Constellation: TRI
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, eS, R, 2 st 14 p
Sub-type: SB0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 805

17.5" (12/8/90): faint, very small, oval 3:2 ~E-W, even surface brightness.  A mag 13.5 star is just off the SW edge 30" from center and a mag 14 star is 1' WNW.  NGC 807 lies 13' NW.